Security Engineer, Glean
Cloud Security
+ Variable + Equity
AI-based search engine connecting enterprise data
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AI-based search engine connecting enterprise data
1001+ employees
Be an early applicant
+ Variable + Equity
1001+ employees
Company mission
To expand human potential to do extraordinary work.
Role
Who you are
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Security, or a related field (or equivalent work experience)
- Strong software engineering skills, with proficiency in at least one programming language (e.g., Python, Go, Java)
- Experience with cloud platforms, preferably AWS of Azure, and a willingness to become proficient in both
- Familiarity with cloud-native security tools and services (e.g., AWS IAM, GCP Identity and Access Management, VPC security)
- Knowledge of authentication and authorization protocols and technologies (e.g., OAuth, OpenID Connect)
- Strong problem-solving skills and the ability to work independently and collaboratively
- Excellent communication skills, with the ability to convey complex technical concepts to non-technical stakeholders
- Thrive in a customer-focused, tight-knit and cross-functional environment - being a team player and willing to take on whatever is most impactful for the company is a must
- A proactive and positive attitude to lead, learn, troubleshoot and take ownership of both small tasks and large features
- Good coding skills (for example in Go/Python/Java/C++ etc)
- Familiarity with cloud native development practices in AWS/Azure is a plus
What the job involves
- Glean is seeking a highly skilled and motivated Cloud Security Engineer to join our team
- In this role, you will play a crucial part in architecting and securing the cloud infrastructure of our organization, with a focus on Amazon Web Services (AWS) and Azure
- You will be responsible for identifying security gaps, designing solutions, and utilizing cloud-native technologies to enhance our security posture
- Additionally, you will be expected to develop security-specific features related to authentication, authorization, and audit logging (AAA), and contribute to the overall security strategy of the organization
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams to design and architect secure cloud infrastructure solutions on AWS and Azure
- Identify potential security vulnerabilities and gaps in existing infrastructure and propose remediation plans
- Implement cloud-native security technologies and best practices to address identified gaps
- Analyze security logs and metrics to proactively detect and respond to security incidents
- Develop and deploy security controls, such as identity and access management (IAM), network security policies, and encryption mechanisms
- Leverage software engineering skills to create security-specific features, particularly in the areas of authentication, authorization, and rate limiting
- Create documentation and train and guide team members and other stakeholders on security best practices
Our take
Glean is an intuitive digital assistant which allows employees to search across all their apps and find the information and tools that they need more quickly.
With so many SaaS apps being used by modern day companies, overwhelm and inefficiency inevitably enter the equation. Glean’s search engine is proving popular for how it unifies and centralizes all these distributed tools and data.
It’s been quite a start to life at Glean, having emerged from stealth in 2021, it received a $1B valuation in early 2022, thus achieving unicorn status. Since then, the company has gone on to raise substantial funding and bring its valuation up to $7.2B in 2025. With this impressive growth, its secured some big name customers like Grammarly, databricks, and Rubrik.
That Glean was co-founded by a quartet with senior experience at Google, Microsoft, Uber, and Facebook stands the company in good stead. However, it’s the fact that its search engine is solving a new, but very real problem in the workplace that’s seen its popularity surge so quickly, which it’s likely to continue to do in the future. And its adaptability to include new AI capabilities to its platform, such as generative AI, has Glean well set to see further growth.
Steph
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
44% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 7 rounds)
Jun 2025
$150m
SERIES F
Sep 2024
$260m
SERIES E
Total funding: $805m
Company HQ
Evergreen Park, Palo Alto, CA
Leadership
Arvind Jain
(Co-Founder & CEO)Former Engineer at Google and Microsoft. Arvind is also the co-founder of high growth startup Rubrik, which delivers data security and operational resilience for enterprises.
TR Vishwanath
(Co-Founder & CTO)Before co-founding Glean, TR was a Principal Software Engineer at Facebook after spending eight years at Microsoft as a Software Design Engineer, then Principal Development Lead.
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